{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984/section-12A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984/section-12A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/24",
  "legislation_title": "Dentists Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984",
  "path": "section/12A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12A",
  "heading": "Degrees and licences in dentistry",
  "text": "(1) A dental authority may grant a UK diploma in dentistry to a person only if the authority is satisfied that the person has successfully completed basic dental training.\n(2) In this section—\n“basic dental training” means dental training that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) would be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 34 of the Directive (basic dental training);\n“UK diploma in dentistry” means—\n(a)a degree in dentistry that gives its holder the qualification of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (whether abbreviated as BDS or B.Ch.D.), or\n(b)a licence in dentistry that gives its holder the qualification of Licentiate in Dental Surgery.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12A inserted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 110"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 12A(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 3 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 11(4)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/12A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:03.871540+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}